A toolkit to demystify CMOS Active Pixel Sensors

Author

Galliere, Jean-Marc ; Boch, J.

Author_Institution

Polytech. Montpellier, Univ. of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

fYear

2013

fDate

2-3 June 2013

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

27

Abstract

No specific pedagogical methods are dedicated to explain the specificity of CMOS Active Pixel Sensor (APS) technologies. Nevertheless, this technology of image sensing is wide-spread in today´s life and needs a good understanding on behalf of our students in microelectronics. This paper proposes a toolkit implemented with MATLAB. This toolkit can help the student to find out the architecture of an active pixel sensor imager. With such approach, student is able to easily control, visualize and understand how an image is elaborated.

Keywords

CMOS image sensors; computer aided instruction; computerised instrumentation; electronic engineering education; mathematics computing; APS; CMOS active pixel sensor technology; MATLAB; image sensor technology; microelectronics; pedagogical method; toolkit; toolkit implementation; Active pixel sensors; CMOS integrated circuits; Computer architecture; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Sensors; Transistors; APS sensors; Education; MATLAB; Microelectronics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronic Systems Education (MSE), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0139-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MSE.2013.6566696

Filename

6566696